Detroit-style pizza

Small from Buddy's Pizza in Detroit, Michigan - pepperoni, green peppers, and hamburger

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Detroit-style pizza is a style of pizza, developed in Detroit. It is a square pizza, with a thick deep-dish crust with toppings placed under the sauce.

The crust of a Detroit-style pizza is especially noteworthy in that, in addition to occasionally being twice-baked, it is baked to a chewy medium-well done state, and many parlors will apply melted butter with a soft brush prior to baking. Some chains, such as Hungry Howie's (founded in Taylor, Michigan), are also known for their flavored crusts. Popular crust flavors include sesame, butter, garlic and onion.^[1]

The origins of "Detroit-style" pizza are from local Detroit pizzeria, Cloverleaf Pizza, which developed and began serving their signature pizza in 1946.^{[citation needed]} Cloverleaf founder Gus Guerra went on to found Buddy's Pizza, which is one of the Detroit chains that serves Detroit-style pizza. In 2009, Buddy's Detroit-style square pizza was singled out as one of the 25 best pizzas in America by GQ magazine food critic, Alan Richman.^[2] Other chains that serve Detroit-style pizza include Loui's Pizza, Cottage Inn and Shield's Pizza. Despite its Detroit origins, it is rarely referred to as "Detroit-style" pizza in Metro Detroit.^{[citation needed]} Locally it is more often simply called either square, Sicilian or deep-dish pizza.^{[citation needed]} The Gathering Place, and Marinelli's, both having locations in Troy, Michigan, also serve Detroit-style pizza. The pizza at these two restaurants is square or rectangular, with a thick crust, having edges made crispy by carmelized cheese.

The Detroit area is also known as the headquarters of some of the largest pizza chains in the United States like Hungry Howie's Pizza, Domino's Pizza and Little Caesar's. Although none of those chains specializes in Detroit-style pizza, Little Caesar's does sell a square deep dish pizza and offers sauce with it that can be applied on top of the pizza by the customer for the traditional Detroit-style.

Buddy' Pizza - original location on Conant Ave. in Detroit, Michigan

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